Post-1971, America’s money has been unreliable. You could buy a dozen eggs in 1971… and a dozen today. Same eggs. Not noticeably better or worse. But the price has changed.
Bill-good article regarding the dollar’s demise. Inflation is still a problem. Remember Trump has been in office one month today. How about we give him a little leeway in getting inflation under control. Biden spent 4 years screwing everything he touched; including the inflation of today. I believe that once the drill baby drill attitude the transportation costs will be reduced thereby reducing some of the inflation we have. You sound like an ‘old’ liberal. Give a populous president a chance. AP
Pres. Trump has discombobulated Sen. Chuck Schumer; and, now apparently Bill. All Bill can reluctantly admit is that the cuts are good, but then cynically say that they won't remotely be enough. This is true--because millions of folks, many of them who vote GOP, would be outraged if they were put out of work for a few years during a transition period of very severe budgetary adjustment to prevent a severe downturn in the U.S. economy. But Bill acts like they're these noble beings who would gladly do this for the sake of the U.S., and never backlash electorally, thus placing radicals like Bernie Sanders in charge of the U.S.
Very shakespearean of you. " Poor Urik I knew him well. He was quite the gander. Still, I lament his loss. Yea, my loss indeed to be particular in accuracy. His skull and beak lengthy, his voice garbled and deep. His wiskered beard like that of a turkey, his ass like that of the goose, its
Don’t forget that the PCR test is made in China( to help spread the disease) and part of the globalist agenda of reducing the population. Organic Eggs are one of the most important foods for good health, but these same forces need the public to consume more Cocopuffs and High Fructose products to push their agenda faster and forward. So please continue to Obey our host, keep buying gold, stay away from money making stocks and cryptos and vote for democrats. Bill just wants you all to be happy, like the good folks at the WEF. So please 🤫 shut up, Obey and by 2030 you will own nothing, but be happy 😊
They can be vaccinated via their feed. I think they worry about doing this because the chooks can develop immunity/resistance to the vaccine. And it could also encourage the virus to mutate...
I agree with several of the comments here that I think Bill should have made mention and specific consideration to the culling of 100 million birds due to Avian flu concerns as this is the main driver of recent change in egg pricing. I am paying the same price for eggs in WI that I have paid for the last couple years? ; but I do use a local producer.
Almost felt like someone from CNN had prepared today’s message;lol.
Remaining hopeful in the great state of Wisconsin.
Forget eggs! What about the overnight real-estate listing EXPLOSION in metro-DC? All that inflated housing on the market at one time! 275,000 so far. In bankruptcy, the assets still remain, but equity can easily disappear "poof!" and often does. Live by government? Die by government. Best always. PM
Bill erroneously accuses inflation for egg price increases. The true cause is the government's irrational response to H5N1 avian flu. Inflation is the rise in the general price level. It is, always and everywhere, a monetary phenomenon, caused by the creation of money to pay for excessive government spending. He certainly knows this!! jim putman
It seems to me the point is not whether eggs are $12/dozen because of bird flu or $4.50/dozen ‘pre-bird flu’. The point is in terms of dollars eggs are 10X (at least) more expensive today. A big bag of groceries in 1971 was $20 to $25, including a G of milk, dozen eggs, bread, beef, etc. Hmm… Not today!! “Gold is money. Everything else is debt.” - John Pierpont Morgan
"Energy is the key to everything. Cheap Energy = Cheap Prices. The Cost of everything depends on it, but there is a lag time between Production and when you will start seeing prices coming down - it's baked into the System. Unleash America's Full Energy Potential!"
Donald "The Nemesis" Trump gets in office and removes pretty much ALL artificial restraints on Exploration, Production, Refining, and Transporting in the first 72 hours.
Bill Bonner shows us out-of-context, disingenuous Trump quotes about Inflation after the first (checks notes)... 31 days in office.
Bill Bonner for the past 18 months (paraphrasing):
"This DOGE thing will never work. "Business as Usual" is too deeply entrenched, Elon is too naively lucky and Trump is too incompetently stupid. Besides, any pittance of "savings" this clown show might be able to achieve is just going to go back into the maw of the beast that is your Federal Government. You ALL are fools for having any Faith in what these con men tell you. Trust me - I've seen it all from the inside and out, plus The Donald hurt my feelings about something dumb decades ago, and I just can't let it go."
Fast-forward to today: DOGE & Trump are uncovering, freezing or cutting BILLIONS of dollars in Theft, Fraud and Abuse. Yesterday Trump gives a major update about DOGE and floats the idea of not only giving some of the savings back to net taxpayers, he also, EGADS, talks about using some 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝘁
And Bonner wastes this day and this space prattling on about Eggs. Sadly, if you want to find out what's REALLY going on - BPR ain't the place...
Any thoughts on why the Trump administration hasn't restarted the Keystone XL pipeline? It seems odd to me that it wasn't one of the top priorities...would be such a slam dunk for North Americans' gas prices and the oil companies.
Great question and I don't know. I would guess there are numerous factors at play - including changed conditions and perhaps Trump now wanting to use the restart as a bargaining chip in other matters.
From the link below:
"However, the original owner of the Keystone XL pipeline project, TC Energy, removed some of the pipeline that had been constructed in anticipation of the project continuing following Trump's 2017 approval."
"A lot of the infrastructure that was in place, some of it is still in place, some of it isn't in place," Flynn said. "Some of the steel has been sold and so to start this particular pipeline, it will take a lot of work, and they still, even though there were pre-approvals, because they have to rebuild parts of the pipeline they may have to go through the local approval process again, so it could be kind of a struggle."
"TC Energy recently spun off its oil pipelines business to a new company, South Bow, which hasn't indicated whether it will attempt to restart the Keystone XL project."
Seems like a lot of moving parts, many of which have either shifted or are no longer on the board...
No my sweet Dorothy, Trump nor any American wants Canada to be part of our nation, but he is waking up the Canadian people and like Americans, they want nothing more than to make their country better and get the globalist out of power 🤔
Who said anything about "buying"? If this mistake were to somehow happen, I'm interested in how much THEY are gonna pay US to be let into the greatest Nation on the face of the Earth...
I am not quite sure on this sending money back to the people part . Does It not cause more inflation? That money is put into circulation from the government. by the way are the ones that cause the inflation. In other words there is an increase in the money supply. It has not been earned nor saved from My view point. I can be made to see more light on this subject.
I have seen one justification being tied to the fact that this money would be already collected dollars not yet spent, but instead given back to only those whom 𝗻𝗲𝘁 PAY taxes, versus dollars (for everyone) printed from thin air, like we saw compliments of convidjoe.
I'm surely not the guy to give anyone "more light" on this subject, and it's much more likely I'm with you and most of the readers here - assign ALL savings to pay off the existing debt 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 - then let's look at reducing/refunding taxes previously paid.
I am encouraged by the fact that Trump/Musk are taking Politics into consideration with the DOGE program. They'll get a lot more Americans behind the program if they sweeten the deal on a personal level by peeling off a slice of the recovered money and spreading it around to the actual Producers in the Nation...
I agree with DOGE program 100%. Pay off the debt and then at the same time cut government spending. That will alleviate the tax burden on the tax payer and leave more money in His or Her pocket. That is one way to keep the economy going as I believe it is the common person who is the of 75 % that keep things humming.
My thoughts exactly.I hope that he does not do it. That said, Jim's comment like be a good idea.Let's give a bounty to those who save money and identify problems and opportunity. It could also be the first step on changing the government
I mostly agree . Just that I am not all together sure about the bounty part. It could turn out to be a "hate " thing. Knowing human nature and all the bad that goes with it. Just My thoughts on this line.
IMO any economic fallout from what are "Black Swan" events such as Covid or, now, the Avian flu herd culling, should not be used as a basis for performing inflation analysis. Especially in an attempt to associate with purposeful fiscal policy decisions of any administration, either Democrat or Republican.
Mad cow disease is on the horizon again. But wait! I'll bet it's mad pig disease. I can hear the outcry now.First they took my eggs and by golly now they take my bacon. Toast will be next.
My thoughts exactly. Inflation is an increase in the money supply. While it is true this has affected the price of eggs, the recent uptick is due to the bird flu, not inflation. Yet, Bonner does not differentiate between the two.
Bill, inflation will be with us for awhile because of Bidens admn stealing trashing and spending ways. I have faith in Trump and the great team he has put together. Give them time and a chance. By the way I bought 18 eggs at krogers yesterday for 5 bucks.
Thanks Bill and Dan! The interview was very interesting and seems this topic is getting some play in web verse. Not at all in the propaganda press. Seems these nominees for treasury and the CEA have discussed and written papers on this. Just when you’re making headway Musk amplifies a stupid idea of rebates from doge savings !
Makes Me wonder if there was insider knowledge and the price of gold has been rising . Since the the New way of dealing with debt is to be announced. Just My spidy senses maybe?
WS: Well maybe not. If Trump does what he promised, he should be okay. Unfortunately, he has already stated that Putin didn’t start the war with Ukraine. He also stated that Zelenskyy was A Dictator w/o Elections. Zelenskyy replied : Trump seemed to be living in a Russian-created “disinformation space."
Can you tell us when the last Election was held in Ukraine? Ok, well at least tell us when the last Election was scheduled and why it didn't happen??
Can you tell us what native Media Outlets haven't been totally barred from operating in Ukraine? Ok, at least tell us which ones USED to be major outlets, but have gone dark over the last 2+ years - and why they are no longer reporting??
Can you tell us which Churches/Denominations are no longer permitted to hold Services or Gatherings in Ukraine? Ok, then can you at least tell us which was the most popular nation-wide before the conflict, and why they are no longer an active part of Ukrainian Society??
SE: Zelensky was born in ’78. currently the 6th and current presently elected since 2019 and had an anti-corruption platform. He won a landslide victory over incumbent P. Poroshenko. He was born to Jewish parents. He also is licensed to practice law. There is more..but you can look it up, if you are interested.
I didn't ask about that. I aske dabout who (or what?) has decreed all of these undemocratic restrictions on the formerly-"free" Ukraine?
You gave me the biography of the answer. Maybe Z was truly a "President" when he started, but his actions in government since the war started have become extremely dictatorial. The facts are unarguable. Fighting a war cannot be allowed to excuse the tyrannical decrees and actions he has completed over the last 18+ months...
Yes one was voted in, in Russia. The other was set up by the USA. At least that is what I remember. I could go back and dig out the news, but it would not solve anything . The news is always biased, in My opinion.
DH: How did the USA set up Ukraine’s leader? They(Ukraine) had their own election. Big difference! They serve for 5 years. No election has happened since Russia invaded Ukraine.
Where is all the gold going as London is depleting theirs? Is it going back to Ft Knox having been lent out now that there might be an audit? Or is it Bill’s buying?
DH: Not milking the system if you paid into it and you’re qualified aged wise. But at 54 no way unless he is disabled or have health problems that would qualified him.
Bill-good article regarding the dollar’s demise. Inflation is still a problem. Remember Trump has been in office one month today. How about we give him a little leeway in getting inflation under control. Biden spent 4 years screwing everything he touched; including the inflation of today. I believe that once the drill baby drill attitude the transportation costs will be reduced thereby reducing some of the inflation we have. You sound like an ‘old’ liberal. Give a populous president a chance. AP
Pres. Trump has discombobulated Sen. Chuck Schumer; and, now apparently Bill. All Bill can reluctantly admit is that the cuts are good, but then cynically say that they won't remotely be enough. This is true--because millions of folks, many of them who vote GOP, would be outraged if they were put out of work for a few years during a transition period of very severe budgetary adjustment to prevent a severe downturn in the U.S. economy. But Bill acts like they're these noble beings who would gladly do this for the sake of the U.S., and never backlash electorally, thus placing radicals like Bernie Sanders in charge of the U.S.
Sounds like an old liberal (nowadays a ‘leftist’) because, as has become crystal clear lately, Bill IS solidly an old leftwing elitist.
love it!
LOL - it's a good thing that crafty Bird Flu only attacks chickens! Imagine trying to vaccinate every bird on the planet!
But let's not forget, "Bird Flu" is diagnosed using the PCR "test", which is the gift that keeps on giving to the democidal maniacs.
^^^THIS^^^^
Oh to be a Turkey, Duck or Goose.
We're getting played - again...
Very shakespearean of you. " Poor Urik I knew him well. He was quite the gander. Still, I lament his loss. Yea, my loss indeed to be particular in accuracy. His skull and beak lengthy, his voice garbled and deep. His wiskered beard like that of a turkey, his ass like that of the goose, its
contents he could barely keep. "
Don’t forget that the PCR test is made in China( to help spread the disease) and part of the globalist agenda of reducing the population. Organic Eggs are one of the most important foods for good health, but these same forces need the public to consume more Cocopuffs and High Fructose products to push their agenda faster and forward. So please continue to Obey our host, keep buying gold, stay away from money making stocks and cryptos and vote for democrats. Bill just wants you all to be happy, like the good folks at the WEF. So please 🤫 shut up, Obey and by 2030 you will own nothing, but be happy 😊
I love you, man...
LMAO
SL: Sounds like you are feeling better! Good.
💪
They can be vaccinated via their feed. I think they worry about doing this because the chooks can develop immunity/resistance to the vaccine. And it could also encourage the virus to mutate...
What virus?
Still waiting to see one of those Scientifically Isolated and Identified.
Anyone? Anywhere??
I agree with several of the comments here that I think Bill should have made mention and specific consideration to the culling of 100 million birds due to Avian flu concerns as this is the main driver of recent change in egg pricing. I am paying the same price for eggs in WI that I have paid for the last couple years? ; but I do use a local producer.
Almost felt like someone from CNN had prepared today’s message;lol.
Remaining hopeful in the great state of Wisconsin.
WEF is looking at this to see if in the next pandemic whether culling should be recommended!
Forget eggs! What about the overnight real-estate listing EXPLOSION in metro-DC? All that inflated housing on the market at one time! 275,000 so far. In bankruptcy, the assets still remain, but equity can easily disappear "poof!" and often does. Live by government? Die by government. Best always. PM
Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of grifters...
Remember a pity comment by bill o'reilly during the hurricane in new orleans. " Be assured.
If you rely on the government , you're gonna end up on a roof."
Bill erroneously accuses inflation for egg price increases. The true cause is the government's irrational response to H5N1 avian flu. Inflation is the rise in the general price level. It is, always and everywhere, a monetary phenomenon, caused by the creation of money to pay for excessive government spending. He certainly knows this!! jim putman
It seems to me the point is not whether eggs are $12/dozen because of bird flu or $4.50/dozen ‘pre-bird flu’. The point is in terms of dollars eggs are 10X (at least) more expensive today. A big bag of groceries in 1971 was $20 to $25, including a G of milk, dozen eggs, bread, beef, etc. Hmm… Not today!! “Gold is money. Everything else is debt.” - John Pierpont Morgan
Bill Bonner for 20 years (paraphrasing):
"Energy is the key to everything. Cheap Energy = Cheap Prices. The Cost of everything depends on it, but there is a lag time between Production and when you will start seeing prices coming down - it's baked into the System. Unleash America's Full Energy Potential!"
Donald "The Nemesis" Trump gets in office and removes pretty much ALL artificial restraints on Exploration, Production, Refining, and Transporting in the first 72 hours.
Bill Bonner shows us out-of-context, disingenuous Trump quotes about Inflation after the first (checks notes)... 31 days in office.
Bill Bonner for the past 18 months (paraphrasing):
"This DOGE thing will never work. "Business as Usual" is too deeply entrenched, Elon is too naively lucky and Trump is too incompetently stupid. Besides, any pittance of "savings" this clown show might be able to achieve is just going to go back into the maw of the beast that is your Federal Government. You ALL are fools for having any Faith in what these con men tell you. Trust me - I've seen it all from the inside and out, plus The Donald hurt my feelings about something dumb decades ago, and I just can't let it go."
Fast-forward to today: DOGE & Trump are uncovering, freezing or cutting BILLIONS of dollars in Theft, Fraud and Abuse. Yesterday Trump gives a major update about DOGE and floats the idea of not only giving some of the savings back to net taxpayers, he also, EGADS, talks about using some 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝘁
And Bonner wastes this day and this space prattling on about Eggs. Sadly, if you want to find out what's REALLY going on - BPR ain't the place...
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/02/trump-announces-he-is-considering-giving-20-doge/
Any thoughts on why the Trump administration hasn't restarted the Keystone XL pipeline? It seems odd to me that it wasn't one of the top priorities...would be such a slam dunk for North Americans' gas prices and the oil companies.
Great question and I don't know. I would guess there are numerous factors at play - including changed conditions and perhaps Trump now wanting to use the restart as a bargaining chip in other matters.
From the link below:
"However, the original owner of the Keystone XL pipeline project, TC Energy, removed some of the pipeline that had been constructed in anticipation of the project continuing following Trump's 2017 approval."
"A lot of the infrastructure that was in place, some of it is still in place, some of it isn't in place," Flynn said. "Some of the steel has been sold and so to start this particular pipeline, it will take a lot of work, and they still, even though there were pre-approvals, because they have to rebuild parts of the pipeline they may have to go through the local approval process again, so it could be kind of a struggle."
"TC Energy recently spun off its oil pipelines business to a new company, South Bow, which hasn't indicated whether it will attempt to restart the Keystone XL project."
Seems like a lot of moving parts, many of which have either shifted or are no longer on the board...
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/why-may-not-easy-restart-keystone-xl-pipeline
I’m sure Trump is waiting for Trudeau to get kicked out before making Canada great again🤔
SL: Do you mean by buying Canada? Where would the money come from? We have no money.
No my sweet Dorothy, Trump nor any American wants Canada to be part of our nation, but he is waking up the Canadian people and like Americans, they want nothing more than to make their country better and get the globalist out of power 🤔
Who said anything about "buying"? If this mistake were to somehow happen, I'm interested in how much THEY are gonna pay US to be let into the greatest Nation on the face of the Earth...
SE: Yes, I would like to know that info myself.
It seems 2025 -2026 major oil companies engaged in layoffs. ?
I am not quite sure on this sending money back to the people part . Does It not cause more inflation? That money is put into circulation from the government. by the way are the ones that cause the inflation. In other words there is an increase in the money supply. It has not been earned nor saved from My view point. I can be made to see more light on this subject.
I have seen one justification being tied to the fact that this money would be already collected dollars not yet spent, but instead given back to only those whom 𝗻𝗲𝘁 PAY taxes, versus dollars (for everyone) printed from thin air, like we saw compliments of convidjoe.
I'm surely not the guy to give anyone "more light" on this subject, and it's much more likely I'm with you and most of the readers here - assign ALL savings to pay off the existing debt 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 - then let's look at reducing/refunding taxes previously paid.
I am encouraged by the fact that Trump/Musk are taking Politics into consideration with the DOGE program. They'll get a lot more Americans behind the program if they sweeten the deal on a personal level by peeling off a slice of the recovered money and spreading it around to the actual Producers in the Nation...
I agree with DOGE program 100%. Pay off the debt and then at the same time cut government spending. That will alleviate the tax burden on the tax payer and leave more money in His or Her pocket. That is one way to keep the economy going as I believe it is the common person who is the of 75 % that keep things humming.
Exactly Don!
My thoughts exactly.I hope that he does not do it. That said, Jim's comment like be a good idea.Let's give a bounty to those who save money and identify problems and opportunity. It could also be the first step on changing the government
/ corporate culture of the government.
I mostly agree . Just that I am not all together sure about the bounty part. It could turn out to be a "hate " thing. Knowing human nature and all the bad that goes with it. Just My thoughts on this line.
A partial refund could serve as an incentive to government insiders to offer additional savings opportunities.
SE: Ah, confession is good for the soul!
Thank you brother!
IMO any economic fallout from what are "Black Swan" events such as Covid or, now, the Avian flu herd culling, should not be used as a basis for performing inflation analysis. Especially in an attempt to associate with purposeful fiscal policy decisions of any administration, either Democrat or Republican.
I'm not sure I would call events put intentionally into play Black Swans.
Mad cow disease is on the horizon again. But wait! I'll bet it's mad pig disease. I can hear the outcry now.First they took my eggs and by golly now they take my bacon. Toast will be next.
But it fits in so well with Mr. Bonner's irrational Trump Blame Game...
My thoughts exactly. Inflation is an increase in the money supply. While it is true this has affected the price of eggs, the recent uptick is due to the bird flu, not inflation. Yet, Bonner does not differentiate between the two.
Eggs are not a good example. Irrational culling, shorting egg supply and hurting farmers is to blame.
Bill, inflation will be with us for awhile because of Bidens admn stealing trashing and spending ways. I have faith in Trump and the great team he has put together. Give them time and a chance. By the way I bought 18 eggs at krogers yesterday for 5 bucks.
Thanks Bill and Dan! The interview was very interesting and seems this topic is getting some play in web verse. Not at all in the propaganda press. Seems these nominees for treasury and the CEA have discussed and written papers on this. Just when you’re making headway Musk amplifies a stupid idea of rebates from doge savings !
Makes Me wonder if there was insider knowledge and the price of gold has been rising . Since the the New way of dealing with debt is to be announced. Just My spidy senses maybe?
one month in, and the bashing continues and will continue until a democrap is elected....
WS: Well maybe not. If Trump does what he promised, he should be okay. Unfortunately, he has already stated that Putin didn’t start the war with Ukraine. He also stated that Zelenskyy was A Dictator w/o Elections. Zelenskyy replied : Trump seemed to be living in a Russian-created “disinformation space."
Hmmmm, Dottie -
Can you tell us when the last Election was held in Ukraine? Ok, well at least tell us when the last Election was scheduled and why it didn't happen??
Can you tell us what native Media Outlets haven't been totally barred from operating in Ukraine? Ok, at least tell us which ones USED to be major outlets, but have gone dark over the last 2+ years - and why they are no longer reporting??
Can you tell us which Churches/Denominations are no longer permitted to hold Services or Gatherings in Ukraine? Ok, then can you at least tell us which was the most popular nation-wide before the conflict, and why they are no longer an active part of Ukrainian Society??
Dictator, indeed...
SE: Zelensky was born in ’78. currently the 6th and current presently elected since 2019 and had an anti-corruption platform. He won a landslide victory over incumbent P. Poroshenko. He was born to Jewish parents. He also is licensed to practice law. There is more..but you can look it up, if you are interested.
Ho Dot -
I didn't ask about that. I aske dabout who (or what?) has decreed all of these undemocratic restrictions on the formerly-"free" Ukraine?
You gave me the biography of the answer. Maybe Z was truly a "President" when he started, but his actions in government since the war started have become extremely dictatorial. The facts are unarguable. Fighting a war cannot be allowed to excuse the tyrannical decrees and actions he has completed over the last 18+ months...
https://archive.org/details/mearsheimer-john-j.-why-the-ukraine-crisis-is-the-wests-fault-the-liberal-delusi/Mearsheimer%2C%20John%20J.%20-%20Why%20the%20Ukraine%20Crisis%20Is%20the%20West%27s%20Fault%3A%20The%20Liberal%20Delusions%20That%20Provoked%20Putin%20%28Foreign%20Affairs%2C%20vol.%2093%2C%20no.%205%2C%20Sep.-Oct.%202014%29%2C%20pp.%2077-84%2C%2085-89
Appears that the Ukraine is no different than Russia. Both are socialist , bordering on communism. Or is fascist already?
DH: You’re not taking in the difference of the leaders.
Yes one was voted in, in Russia. The other was set up by the USA. At least that is what I remember. I could go back and dig out the news, but it would not solve anything . The news is always biased, in My opinion.
DH: How did the USA set up Ukraine’s leader? They(Ukraine) had their own election. Big difference! They serve for 5 years. No election has happened since Russia invaded Ukraine.
Where is all the gold going as London is depleting theirs? Is it going back to Ft Knox having been lent out now that there might be an audit? Or is it Bill’s buying?
The Kraken Storm has arrived:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/02/watch-live-senate-votes-confirm-kash-patel-as/
What do dead chickens have to do with the government spending that has caused inflation?
The Feds probably figure that that 1971 hen has been fully amortized so deducts that the inflationary numbers since it’s the same chicken!
Is that 54-year old clucker getting a Social Security check too?
Sign me up , although I am a little older. Social security, now that is the way to milk the system.
DH: Not milking the system if you paid into it and you’re qualified aged wise. But at 54 no way unless he is disabled or have health problems that would qualified him.
Agree. If You paid You get to partake.